Motorola's Moto X Play comes to Canada on August 21st

The much awaited Motorola Moto X Play comes to Canada on August 21st through Bell Mobility, Koodo, TELUS and SaskTel. It will be available at WIND and Videotron in the coming week. In Canada, the Moto X Play will cost about $400. Please check with individual carriers on specific pricing.

The Moto X Play takes many of the renowned features and styling of the the Moto X (2014) and actually improves on them. We have a larger 1080p HD display at 5.5-inches (403 ppi).

Powered by a 1.7GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 octa-core CPU, Adreno 405 running at 550 MHz GPU, a Natural Language Processor for voice commands and a Contextual Computing Processor for motion and geolocation, the Moto X Play is substantially powerful. It also has 2GB of RAM which is ample for power users slicing through various apps and functions.

Speedo and Misfit team-up and launch Speedo Shine swim tracker

Most wearables and health trackers stop being cool and useful once they are dunked in water. That changes today as Misfit and Speedo have teamed up to launch a Speedo-branded activity, swim, and sleep tracker—Speedo Shine. Speedo Shine will initially be available in retail exclusively at Apple stores worldwide September 1st, well as on misfit.com and SpeedoUSA.com, for US $79.99.

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Apple Music festival kicks off in London on September

Formerly known as the iTunes Music Festival, this year's Apple Music Festival kicks off in September in the usual Roundhouse in London. A show which displays the most important musicians in the industry today and which flexes Apple's reach as the biggest music store in the world (via iTunes), 2015's Apple Music Festival will feature Pharrell Williams, One Direction, Florence + The Machine and Disclosure are among the headliners of this multi-day festival. While promising a heck of a live show for attendees, Apple Music Festival will be streamed live and on demand via Apple Music on iPhones, iPads, iPod Touches as well as via a special AppleTV channel.

“We wanted to do something really special for music fans this year,” said Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of Internet Software and Services. “The Apple Music Festival is a greatest hits set of ten unbelievable nights featuring some of the best performers on the planet appearing live and interacting directly with their fans on Connect and Beats 1.”

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Kyocera Duraforce comes to TELUS for $50 on 2-year terms or $530 outright

The super-tough and water resistant Kyocera Duraforce smartphone is now available to TELUS customers for $50 on a 2-year term or $530 outright.

The Kyocera Duraforce is designed to withstand everyday abuse while keeping users connected. Whether you like to explore the outdoors, work in a tough environment or are just clumsy, the Duraforce is ready to take whatever you throw at it. Check out our review here.

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